Ingredients

1 1/2 cupsFlour
1/2 tspBaking Soda
1/2 tspSalt
2 tspGround Ginger
1 tspGround Cinnamon
1/4 tspGround Cloves
1/4 tspNutmeg
  
1/2 cupSoft Butter
1/2 cupBrown Sugar
1/4 cupMolasses
1Egg Yolk
1-2 tbspGrated Lemon Rind
1 tbspGrated Fresh Ginger
1/2 tspVanilla Extract
  
1Egg
2 tbspWhipping Cream
1 JarCoarse Sparkling Sugar

Instructions

  1. Combine first 7 ingredients in a separate bowl
  2. Beat Butter in a mixer until creamy. Add Brown Sugar until blended. Add Molasses, Egg Yolk, Lemon Rind, Grated Ginger, and Vanilla
  3. Stir in Flour mixture until blended
  4. Shape dough into a ball, and divide in half. Flatten each half into a round disk and wrap each plastic wrap. Chill 2 1/2 hours or overnight until firm
  5. Roll out dough, 1 at a time, to 1/4" thickness on a lightly floured surface. Cut into star shapes. Place 1/2" apart on baking sheets
  6. Whisk Egg and Whipping cream. Brush over cookies. Sprinkle heavily with Sparkling Sugar
  7. Bake at 325F for 17 minutes or until cookies are puffed and slightly darker around edges. Cool 2 minutes on baking sheets and move to wire racks to cool completely

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